Crop (cereals, oilseed rape) agronomy including crop nutrition, crop protection and environmental aspects of crop production systems
My research is in the area of applied field based research into various aspects of agronomy of crops, with particular emphasis on fertiliser nitrogen use on a range of cereal crops. Recent work has included examination of the effects of fertiliser N on protein levels in malting barley, studies on application strategies for nitrogen in winter wheat and winter barley as well as studies on the fertiliser value of organic wastes. Current work is focused on evaluating the potential for site specific fertiliser N application. Much of the work in recent times has been directed at informing legislation in the area of environmental impact of nutrients
Hackett, R (2015). Spent mushroom compost as a nitrogen source for spring barley. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. 102:253-263
Brennan, J., Forristal, P.D. McCabe, Hackett, R., (2015) The effect of soil tillage system on the nitrogen uptake, grain yield and nitrogen use efficiency of spring barley in a cool Atlantic climate. Journal of Agricultural Science Cambridge. 153, 862–875.
Brennan, J., Hackett, R., McCabe, T., J. Grant, J., Fortune, R.A., Forristal, P.D. (2014) The effect of tillage system and residue management on grain yield and nitrogen use efficiency in winter wheat in a cool Atlantic climate. Eur. J. Agron., 54 : 61–69
Jahangir, M.M.R., Minet, E., Johnston, P., Premrov, A., Coxon, C., Hackett, R. and Richards, K. (2014). Mustard catch crop enhances denitrification in shallow groundwater beneath a spring barley field. Chemosphere 103: 234-239
Premrov, A., Coxon, C., Hackett, R., Kirwan, L. and Richards, K. (2014). Effects of over-winter green cover on soil solution nitrate concentrations beneath tillage land. Science of the Total Environment 470-471
Premrov, A., Coxon, C.E., Hackett, R., Kirwan, L. and Richards, K. (2012). Effects of over-winter green cover on groundwater nitrate and dissolved organic carbon concentrations beneath tillage land. Science of the Total Environment 438, 144-153
Fröhlich, A., O’Dea, G., Hackett, R., O’Beirne, D., Ni Eidhin, D., and Burke, J. (2011) Stabilization of camelina oil with synthetic and natural antioxidants. Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society, pp. 1-11, doi:10.1007/s11746-011-1973-y
